Economics and Investing:

$213,300,000,000: Individual Income Taxes Set Record in First 2 Months of FY17 – B.B. o o o The Case For And Against Universal Basic Income. What is terrifying is the fact that some libertarian thinking economists think a basic income is a good idea. – B.B. o o o Leaked Memo Reveals Trump’s Energy Priorities. While the selection of ExxonMobil CEO Tillerson for State Secretary stole the headlines, a leaked memo on Trump’s energy priorities could be moving the markets o o o Buoyant Markets Pose New Challenge for the Fed o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Don’t forget Safecastle’s sale on Lindon Farms’ 25-year freeze dried foods. It ends Thursday, December 15 and you can save up to 50% on a great variety of fruits, veggies, and entrees. o o o Former intelligence officer on the bogus Russian hack o o o Tillerson’s Assault on Scouting – D.S. o o o Two soda bottle water distillation – G.P. o o o No Peace In Mind – B.B. o o o After the recent series of letters on making your own firestarters, Reader Okie Ranch Wife wrote in to remind readers of her old letter: Do-It-Yourself Campfire …


Notes for Tuesday – December 13, 2016

After spending nine months on the run, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was captured on December 13, 2003. During his 24 years in office, Saddam’s secret police, charged with protecting his power, terrorized the public, ignoring the human rights of the nation’s citizens. While many of his people faced poverty, he lived in incredible luxury, building more than 20 lavish palaces throughout the country. It was fitting that, in the end, he was hiding in nothing more than a hole in the ground covered by plywood. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 68 of the SurvivalBlog …


News From The American Redoubt:

Eastern Washington lawmakers file bill to split state JWR’s Comment: This partition is long overdue. In the long term I believe that it is almost inevitable, given the deepening socio-political divide between the two Washingtons—east and west of the Cascades. o o o Extreme Wyoming cold frosts even Moscow Ballet o o o Thousands of snow geese have died after toxic exposure in Berkel – DSV o o o Proposed amendment would risk Wyoming public lands o o o Montana avalanche buries Idaho skier, killing him


Economics and Investing:

IRS Wants Court Authority To Identify Bitcoin Users & Transactions At Coinbase o o o What Could Strengthen Gold Heading Into 2017? o o o As The Power Struggle Endures, Libya Eyes 900,000 Bpd Oil Output Libya will be increasing oil production by one third, eying 900,000 bpd total out as the struggle for the control of exports facilities continues. o o o Sovereign funds pulled cash from world markets for third year running o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Here We Go=> Republican Leaders to Oppose Trump Tax Cuts – D.S. o o o House Republicans establish congressional Second Amendment Caucus – DSV o o o Christians in China being targeted and killed for organ harvesting – RBS o o o Your First HF Station – P.S. o o o “We Are Watching The Long Game To Total Censorship Play Out” – B.B.



Notes for Monday – December 12, 2016

On December 12, 1989, the Queen of Mean was sentenced to four years in prison, 750 hours of community service, and a $7.1 million tax fraud fine in New York. Leona Helmsley, nicknamed the “Queen of Mean” by the press, became the object of loathing and disgust when she quipped that “only the little people pay taxes.” Helmsley died in August 2007 at age 87. She famously left $12 million to her dog, Trouble.


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Economics and Investing:

Here it comes, just as JWR predicted: Fed to raise rates as Trump economy looms. o o o From the desk of Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large: Black market cash in India – There are so many ways around this. o o o Bitcoin Users Who Evade Taxes Are Sought by the I.R.S. – H.L. o o o Venezuela Orders Largest Bills Turned in Ahead of New Bank Notes – G.P. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Mapping The Top States For Resettling Refugees In 2016 – K.T. o o o Involuntary tracking for citizens with disabilities – Bill Would Allow Government to Locate People With Tracking Devices – G.P. o o o Getting In Bed With The Government o o o Where did the billions of dollars in donations to Haiti go? The Shelters That Clinton Built – T.J. o o o Europe’s 2 Largest Land Armies Tiptoe to Edge of War – W.C.


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

With the Bushes, Obamas, Clintons and Fellow Travelers foremost in mind, the words of Oliver Cromwell from 1653 are taken to heart: “It is high time to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue and defiled by your practice of every vice … In the name of God, go!”



Economics and Investing:

Carrying Cash? Be Ready to Lose It – B.B. o o o China Faces Off Against World on Open Global Markets o o o Raging Stocks, Fed Fears Trigger ‘Dislocation’ in Global Markets o o o There Is Trouble Brewing Below The Surface o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Naked Capitalism Threatens Lawsuit Against Washington Post Over “Fake News” Story; Obama Starts Russia Witch Hunt o o o Betsy DeVos at Trump Michigan Rally: Time to ‘Finally Put an End to Federal Common Core’ – H.L. o o o Nationalism vs Globalism – B.B. o o o Orange Coast College Student Threatened With Expulsion After Recording Professor’s Anti-Trump Tirade – C.S. o o o Augmented reality app lets you scan people’s FACES and reveal everything about them